71,798 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.8% since 2020)
610 square miles of land · 118 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
17 active community water systems list Scioto County in the area they serve, reporting 83,235 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PORTSMOUTH CITY surface water · local government · OH7300111 | 40,475 served |
| SCIOTO CO. REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT #1 groundwater · local government · OH7300212 | 13,820 served |
| NORTHWEST REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT buys groundwater · local government · OH7300003 | 11,059 served |
| SCIOTO WATER INC.-ROSE HILL groundwater · private · OH7300303 | 8,861 served |
| SCIOTO WATER INC.-SUGAR CAMP groundwater · private · OH7300903 | 6,458 served |
| SCIOTO WATER INC. - POND RUN buys surface water · local government · OH7301303 | 845 served |
| SCIOTO WATER INC.-SR125 buys surface water · local government · OH7301203 | 537 served |
| SCIOTO WATER INC.-CAREYS RUN buys surface water · local government · OH7301703 | 352 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 148 people were held in Scioto County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 326 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 152.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
11 school districts have their office in Scioto County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $34.1 million — $30.3 million to run schools, about $18,597 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.7 million local (mostly property tax), $16.4 million state, $8.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $20.7 million — $17.5 million to run schools, about $11,006 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.5 million local (mostly property tax), $10.3 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.1 million.
Spent $22.6 million — $20.6 million to run schools, about $16,267 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $16.6 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.6 million.
Spent $21 million — $17.5 million to run schools, about $13,882 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.2 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $195,000.
Spent $24.5 million — $22.3 million to run schools, about $17,692 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $16.1 million state, $5.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $304,000.
Spent $14.9 million — $14.2 million to run schools, about $13,788 per student, plus $408,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $11.5 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $208,000.
Spent $17.2 million — $12.5 million to run schools, about $15,476 per student, plus $3.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $9.4 million state, $3.1 million federal.
Spent $10.3 million — $8.9 million to run schools, about $14,319 per student, plus $596,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6.4 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
And 3 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Scioto County about $26.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
374 bridges in Scioto County: 245 in good condition, 112 fair, and 17 poor (4.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR 348 over SCIOTO RIVER · built 1972 | 8,739 vehicles a day |
| STATE ROUTE 335 over SWAUGER VALLEY RUN · built 1994 | 5,889 vehicles a day |
| CAREYS RUN-POND CK over CAREYS RUN RD(CAREYS RUN · built 1940 | 2,339 vehicles a day |
| CAREYS RUN-POND CK over CAREYS RUN RD(CAREYS RUN · built 1940 | 2,339 vehicles a day |
| SR 73 over STREAM · built 1930 | 2,180 vehicles a day |
| PIKETON ROAD over PIKETON RD (MCCONNEL CK) · built 1954 | 1,691 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $65.6 million of work in Scioto County in fiscal 2025, about $887 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Ohio are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Scioto County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Scioto County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Greenup County, KY (18 mi) · Pike County (18 mi) · Jackson County (25 mi) · Adams County (26 mi) · Lewis County, KY (28 mi) · Lawrence County (30 mi).